INSPECTOR in Classic Quotes

Simple words can express big ideas - learn how great writers to make beautiful sentences with common words.
Quotes from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Search Panel
Word:
You may input your word or phrase.
Author:
Book:
 
Stems:
If search object is a contraction or phrase, it'll be ignored.
Sort by:
Each search starts from the first page. Its result is limited to the first 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.
Common Search Words
 Current Search - inspector in The Jungle
1  The city inspector of water pipes had been dead and buried for over a year, but somebody was still drawing his pay.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
2  It was late, almost dark, and the government inspectors had all gone, and there were only a dozen or two of men on the floor.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
3  Before the carcass was admitted here, however, it had to pass a government inspector, who sat in the doorway and felt of the glands in the neck for tuberculosis.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
4  This government inspector did not have the manner of a man who was worked to death; he was apparently not haunted by a fear that the hog might get by him before he had finished his testing.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
5  This inspector wore a blue uniform, with brass buttons, and he gave an atmosphere of authority to the scene, and, as it were, put the stamp of official approval upon the things which were done in Durham's.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
6  But for the saving of time and fodder, it was the law that cows of that sort came along with the others, and whoever noticed it would tell the boss, and the boss would start up a conversation with the government inspector, and the two would stroll away.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
7  In the same way Scully had all the jobs in the fire department at his disposal, and all the rest of the city graft in the stockyards district; he was building a block of flats somewhere up on Ashland Avenue, and the man who was overseeing it for him was drawing pay as a city inspector of sewers.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
8  The people of Chicago saw the government inspectors in Packingtown, and they all took that to mean that they were protected from diseased meat; they did not understand that these hundred and sixty-three inspectors had been appointed at the request of the packers, and that they were paid by the United States government to certify that all the diseased meat was kept in the state.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9